Energy
Forms of energy are just different types of energy such as heat, light, sound, kinetic and chemical.
Energy resources are stores of a particular type of energy.
Examples of energy resources include sunlight, wind, waves, coal and oil.
Chemical energy is a type of energy.
Coal is an example of an energy resource of (or store of) chemical energy.
Energy forms
The main forms of energyThe capacity of a system to do work or the quantity required for mechanical work to take place. Measured in joules (J). For example, a man transfers 100 J of energy when moving a wheelbarrow. are:
- chemical
- heat
- electrical
- sound
- light
- magnetic
- elastic potential energyEnergy stored in squashed, stretched or twisted materials. or strain energy
- kineticThe energy an object possesses due to its motion.
- gravitational potential energyThe energy stored by an object lifted up against the force of gravity. Also known as GPE.
- nuclear